Virtually every person in town came out to the airport after work to look at the aircraft when the Federation Airshows in the Outback made a night stop in Hughenden. Chief attraction was Constellation 'Southern Preservation', with DC-3 VH-AES 'Hawdon' and various light aircraft behind. After all, it's not every day a Super Connie drops in to an out-of-the-way place like Hughenden!